Science & Technology

Meteorologist Dr. Hugh W. Ellsaesser finds that the underpinnings of the ideology of “man the polluter” contained in the 1980 Global 2000 report to the President just don’t hold up under scientific scrutiny. As his point of reference, he uses the much-touted 1952 “killer smog” in London, England, which in fact didn’t kill anybody.

Feature

The new “Black Hundreds” of the Pamyat Society and other Russian chauvinist groups are on the march—with backing from the highest echelons of the Communist Party. Occurring amidst a systemic crisis of the Soviet economic and political system, this racist revival heralds a Soviet turn toward foreign aggression and war.

International

With nothing to lose, and everything to gain, workers across the Soviet Union are going out on strike. Gorbachov is trying to crisis-manage, but his inevitable failure will be followed by decisive and brutal actions.

Documentation: Former KGB head Viktor Chebrikov lays out what’s in store for rebellious workers and nationalities.

National

The President’s commemorative speech on the anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing was a step in the right direction. But what is needed is a crash program—more precisely, a “crash economic space program.”